Rack



July 17, 1934. T, LE FEBURE 1,966,555-

RACK

Filed Nov. 4, 1929 AU MW INVENTOR.

BY /i 2 Z I ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 17, 1934 UNITED STATES} PATENT OFFICE corporation of IowaApplication November 4, 1929, Serial No. 404,574 lClaim. (Cl. 206-73)The present invention is designed to provide a tray which is convenientfor use in posting slips, such, for instance, as telephone slips,arranging them so that they may be readily manipulated for posting, andseparating them into a number of leaf bodies, thus facilitating thefinding of different slips and exposing certain parts of the slips sothat they will be readily observed by the operator. Features and details'of the invention will appear from the specification and claim.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing as follows:--

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tray.

.Fig. 2 a top view of the tray.

Fig. 3 a side elevation with the view at an angle to the face of thebase.

1 marks the base. This has its bottom preferably covered by a corduroycovering 2.

A series ofleaf supports 3 are mounted on the base. These supports areparallel and are off-set relatively to each other. A bottom support 4extends forward from the bottom of each leaf support and extends at anangle to the base and has a slight forward projection by means of whichthe leaf supports may be secured to the base. A side guide 6 is providedfor one edge, or side of the leaf supports 3 and preferably the upperends of the leaf supports are extended by wire bails '7 which form apreferable top edge over which the operator may work. The upper cornerat one side of the bail is bent inwardly forming in effect a cut-awaycorner 8 which will expose some of the leaves directly to the rear ofthe leaf support and will permit of a more ready handling of the leavesin front of the cut-away portion.

Leaf bodies 9 are arranged against the leaf supports 3' and rest on thebottom supports 4 so that the edge of the forward leaf is slightlyoif-set'with relation to the next leaf and this facilitates theseparation of this leaf from the succeeding leaf. It will be noticedalso that the U5 leaf bodies are off-set relatively to each other sothat a number 10 along-the edge of the leaf body is exposed. Thisusually has the data which the operator is particularly interested inobserving. To this extent also the cut-away portion 8 ex- 7 poses thepart 11 which is also, with most of such slips, desirable. A front plate12 is arranged in front of the series and forms a front guard for thefront forward leaf body. 7

In operation the leaf bodies are placed in the 76 different supports andareoperated and posted on from these supports,.the off-settingfacilitating both the observation of the leaves and also the handling ofthe leaves.

What I claim as new is:-

In a rack, the combination of a base; and a series of upwardly extendingsupports inclined to the base, said supports being in skewed relation tothe base. and having their side edges off-set whereby leaf bodies on thesupports have one edge of each body exposed.

' LEO T. LE FEBURE.

